Boeing’s ‘Black’ Phone Will Self-Destruct

In a move set to please spies everywhere, Boeing is developing a phone that will self-destruct when tampered with. Jon Ostrower reports on digits.

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... welcome to Digits I'm slowing Constable ... Boeing is developing a service until smartphone ... and it has elements of mission impossible to list its own Nostra joins us now he's been writing all about this said Shawn tells about this super new phone ... well it's definitely a up a long way from bones usually airborne products ... Boeing is the last in recent months has been developing ... Up The CEO's super secure smartphone ... that they hope that ... will be sold to defense contractors ... on military personnel on Fed will act as a as a secure platform for for communications in April recalling the Boeing black ... I may add a bit on the block is that it it basically doesn't let inflammation Alex ... Tszyu to any anybody else know it's gonna have an Android operating system it's gonna be about fifty percent heavy enemy Apple's I phone five and twice as they ... bought the mission impossible bit of it is that I like self destruct explain what happens ... so it's really nice up a nod to the exploding nor destructing messages that that were from my mission impossible but ... if the phone is tempered with this this cruiser Camber Twitter ... or any any type of Indian or other new clandestine interference ... on ... what will happen is ... it that that the deal ... on the phone will wipe itself in a phone ... will effectively be bricked and on usable so ... quite literally ... on this phone will self destruct it ever will ... now they can be looking to use that that's defense contracts as MET millet re plus now is that much of a market outside of lax ... for this sorta stuff because ... because we know of of and government government spying on people that ... but you know I'm the law to spawn year-ago lattice pie may so there are laws against that already do we do we do I need to get one of these ... for these unavailable or unease is no indication these will ever be available to the public Boeing is actually ... engaged and in their own on her much lack of marketing plan there's a ... there's of product page on its website that actually enlisted to go will ... that not even apparently showing to potential customers play but it has found its way out ... as the asthe phone has gotten more attention than last day or so ... so it this is really geared toward on the was built personnel who who who need a secure communications ... and much more of a upper up ... a mission scenario then sort of a consumer scenario so certainly not something that you're in the scene was in on the Street though ... if you look at the Florida looks lake to ALM many others that have all of you know Borge touchscreen they can run into it ... so while it's designed for for certain super sensitive missions it's very much Lisa is also designed to blend in ... to design supplies and that made it way mission possible shown all strive ... all the will Street don't we thank the time ... thank you ... I'm Simon Constable Matt said